Invalidity · first instance · 2020-05-15
000109901
Contested design: 006540621-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay the applicant’s fixed costs of EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 006540621-0001 is declared invalid. The holder bears the applicant’s costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Shen Yinzong
China (CN)
No. 324 Dengzhuang, Huankou Town, Feng County, Jiangsu Prov., People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Weiping Shi
China (CN)
No. 10, No. 4 Villager Group, Nibuqiao Village, Dongping Town, Anhua County, Hunan Province 413500, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Manuel de Arpe Tejero
Prior art cited (1)
safety vest
ASIN B075VMQ6DS · amazon.co.uk · disclosed 2017-09-28
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant claimed the contested reflective-vest design lacked novelty and individual character over earlier designs, relying in particular on Amazon evidence for D1.
- ›The holder filed no observations in reply and left the applicant’s disclosure and comparison arguments unanswered.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon listing as prior disclosure under Article 7 and found the vest designs shared the same overall impression despite minor differences.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested RCD lacked individual character and had to be declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberIvanka IVANOVA
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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